Stout ales are the darkest of the beer family ... in 2015 more than 71 percent of every beer drunk in the UK was a lager instead of an ale. In the US the difference is even starker as 87 percent ...

Stout "dominated" the British beer market until the end of the 20th century when its popularity dipped as lager began arriving from mainland Europe, said Andrew Ellson in The Times. The recent ...